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> He knew it would end in time? Isn't some of the Imam lineages stil surving
> like Aga Khan IV of the Nizari Ismai'ilis?
Baha'is accept the Twelver line of Imams and reject the others. It is
clear from the Aqdas that there was an expectation that the line of
the Aghsan (from which Guardians are drawn) would end at some point.
Endowments dedicated to charity revert to God,
the Revealer of Signs. None hath the right to dispose of 35
them without leave from Him Who is the Dawning-place
of Revelation. After Him, this authority shall
pass to the Aghsan, and after them to the House of
Justice -- should it be established in the world by
then -- that they may use these endowments for the
benefit of the Places which have been exalted in this
Cause, and for whatsoever hath been enjoined upon
them by Him Who is the God of might and power.
(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 34)
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